Three or more main points are related to verbal judo, but one may lack details/critique.…
you don’t fix the dam? And then, when the dam bursts its banks, just donated a…
Can you imagine a boy who got emotional, being timid, throwing tantrums, and talking back can ever get a Black Belt in Karate? When I was young, I watched Bruce Lee movies, and I wanted to become a martial artist, but, it is not possible to me since I was afraid of physical contact, getting hurt, or fighting with other people. Then one day, my dad got me a rebreakable board for practicing breaking boards and I could sometimes in one try to break it with my feet. After proving that I can break boards and overcoming my fear of getting hurt, I believe that I can become a martial artist.…
Many traditional martial arts are thousands of years old, and provide rich culture and heritage and well as providing physical, emotional, and mental benefits, yet they are on the decline (Knight). However, there is still a need for mental and physical discipline, the world still must exercise for health and stress relief. Also, there is a growing need for self defense and confidence building in our young people with cyber bullying, and the world becoming more competitive and smaller with technology. It is quite the paradox, basic economics teach us if there is a greater need supply, should be going up, not down.…
There are many different ways to box as a defensive or offensive fighter. Positioning stances and hands are critical when being both offensive and defensive. In contrast MMA fighters can throw kicks, punches, grapple, and are able to perform submissions such as a choke. Originally MMA was thought to be a crude no rules sport that was nothing more than brawling. There was very little technique applied and was simply a tough man’s sport.…
From not knowing how to spar properly, sparring has become my favorite part of the sport now. From not being able to remember a 30 second form, I am now able to simultaneously learn four forms at the same time, and do them with the proper techniques. From not being able to do a jumping back kick, now I can do many combinations of advanced kicks. But besides learning these taekwondo skills, this sport has many physical, mental, and spiritual advantages as…
”A black belt is a white belt that never gave up.” -Unknown. Taekwondo is something that has changed my life. I tried every sport out there. Basketball, Soccer, Dance, Gymnastics, and Lacrosse, but Taekwondo was the only sport that spoke to me. I started about 5 years ago, as a white belt. I never even thought that I could accomplish something this big. December 19th, 2015 was finally the day that all of the pain, sweat, tears, hard work, and training paid off.…
“In reality you have to have a little piece of everything to be a complete fighter that’s what mixed martial arts is and Bruce Lee is the father of mixed martial arts” (White). Every single person that is a professional fighter always relates back to Bruce Lee. Lee changed the world with his skills and knowledge of martial arts. You need a little bit of every fighting style to have an advantage in a fight. Mixed martial art is one of the fastest growing sports around the world where people compete against each other with various styles of martial arts. All the UFC fighters have said that they were influenced by Bruce Lee; they study his martial arts and philosophy since young ages. Every fighter’s aspect of fighting has been changed when they were introduced to Bruce Lee’s style of fighting. Bruce Lee worked on circular movement so he can open up more targets on the opponent. Fighters in MMA, which adopted the same principle of redirecting motion to counter strike their opponent is influenced by Bruce Lee. “In Enter the Dragon, the first scene of the movie they have mixed martial art gloves. Those are almost exactly the same kind of gloves we fight in today” (Varner). Bruce Lee…
Each level can be applied in some form to any individual’s life, no matter what…
I have experienced and I believe for many there is a great feeling of achievement to be found in traditional dance training. This process also requires a long attention span and teaches you self-discipline to keep this.…
MMA takes a very solo approach to training, as it is a solo sport. A lot of its training is based on punching, kicking, and striking an inanimate target. Martial arts, traditionally, however is trained in a group. This allows a martial artist to test, study, apply, and perfect a technique on another martial artist, which drastically affects and differs the applicability and effectiveness of the two styles. In a real-world scenario, MMA is not very realistic, due to its brutality and aggressiveness. Traditional martial arts, however, allow an artist to realistically and safely incapacitate an attacker (Greene n. pag.). The realistic training styles of traditional martial arts allow it to be much more effective in…
Taekwondo has been a huge part of my life ever since I was five. Throughout my years of training in the sport not only have I grown as an athlete, but I have also grown as a person. Taekwondo has taught me so many important life lessons, from being able to defend myself, to being a good person.…
The term educational gymnastics emerged in Great Britain in the 1950’s to describe a child-centered, non-competitive, creative approach to movement (i.e., body management). Educational gymnastics is committed to the unique way each child moves and learns. Each gymnast is challenged to solve problems, develop skills, and create movements at an appropriate level. A major belief of educational gymnastics holds that it is within the capacity of all children to achieve excellence. Educational gymnastics should encourage students to create movements and develop individualized sequences.…
Sport: Some say that dance is a sport because it requires stamina, agility, strength, and endurance. This is true, because there are numerous other sports who require the same skills. Whether it’s Cross Country, Track, Football, Volleyball, baseball, or soccer, they all require those elements.…
Muay Thai is a combat sport that started from Thailand 's martial arts which use a similar approach to boxing and or kickboxing with various techniques. It not only physically challenges the person, but it also shows mental control and discipline for the mind in combat knowing how to control the other person at all times. It is the one sport that requires no shoes or sneakers, with hands wrapped and boxing gloves on. The combat is known as “the art of eight limbs” or sometimes “science of eight limbs” because it has a combination by sets of fists, elbows, knees, shins, and feet are being used at all times, weather you are using it to throw a hit, or block a hit.…